Table 28: Median Age for the State of Texas and Council of Government Regions in Texas, 1990 and 2000 - Ranked by Median Age, 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ Median Age ____________________________ Rank State/COG 1990 2000 ________________________________________________________________________________ . State of Texas 30.75 32.30 1 Texoma 35.41 37.22 2 East Texas 34.30 37.04 3 Ark-Tex 34.85 36.95 4 Deep East Texas 34.38 36.74 5 Golden Crescent 33.63 36.41 6 West Central Texas 33.91 36.31 7 Nortex 33.77 35.89 8 Concho Valley 32.41 35.57 9 South East Texas 33.27 35.54 10 Panhandle 32.49 34.47 11 Heart of Texas 33.00 34.26 12 Permian Basin 30.73 33.56 13 Coastal Bend 30.70 33.36 14 Alamo Area 30.84 33.25 15 North Central Texas 30.70 32.12 16 Houston-Galveston 30.61 32.04 17 South Plains 29.58 31.82 18 Capital Area 30.11 31.72 19 Middle Rio Grande 28.05 30.66 20 Rio Grande 28.06 30.25 21 Central Texas 28.28 30.24 22 Brazos Valley 27.36 28.58 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley 26.65 27.96 24 South Texas 25.43 26.71 ________________________________________________________________________________